Rosberg, who will be bidding for his seventh win on the trot tomorrow, lapped in 1m35.417s. He was 0.842s clear of Sebastian Vettel – who won’t start from the front row due to his grid penalty for a gearbox change. Hamilton failed to take part in Q3 as he suffered an apparent MGU-H failure at the end

22 years from Senna’s death. Is there any death? “In the end, there is no end. Only love remain.” After I watched the movie “Beyond the Sound of Speed”, dedicated to the life of Ayrton Senna, I had a feeling of irritation. Something important had not come out. I did not know what. I remembered

The Strategy Group and F1 Commission met at Biggin Hill hoping to sign off a raft of changes to the regulations aimed at making cars faster and mapping out engine rules to bring costs down and performance closer. On the car front, the situation was clear, with the radical overhaul of cars to make them

Rosberg’s Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who had a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change, will start from the back of the grid after being hit by ERS problems during the opening qualifying segment. Rosberg was second quickest until the dying seconds, when he set a blistering lap to grab pole with a best time of

Lewis Hamilton will receive a five-place grid penalty for the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend after Mercedes opted to make a precautionary gearbox change. The two-time world champion, who starts the weekend 17 points adrift of his Mercedes AMG Petronas team-mate Nico Rosberg in Shanghai, suffered damage during the preceding Bahrain Grand Prix after a

Formula One Management collates revenues from hosting fees, media rights and other streams such as trackside sponsorship and hospitality. The 2015 total was $965m and this will be distributed across 10 teams through nine monthly payments from April with a final “check” payment – when definitive revenues have been calculated – early in 2017. The

After more criticism of the new system last weekend, a proposal for aggregate laps was put forward by F1’s governing body – although it received a lukewarm response from team bosses and was mocked by some drivers. “It’s time to go to the circus,” said an especially unimpressed Sebastian Vettel. The statement from the FIA

Nico Rosberg extended his Formula 1 championship lead with victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix as Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton recovered from a first-lap collision to finish third. Rosberg made the most of polesitter Hamilton’s slow getaway to lead into the first corner and then was relatively comfortable at the front, finishing 10.2 seconds clear

When asked if his approach to the race weekend will be different because his team-mate will be different, Button said: “Yeah. He has less experience in this car but it’s good having another opinion. Sometimes it’s nice having a third opinion on the car and the way it feels. When Fernando explains how his car